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June 2021
Funny Girl – Outdoor Movie
Funny Girl – Outdoor Movie In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story. • Picnic starts at…
July 2021
Gaslight – Outdoor Movie
Gaslight – Outdoor Movie After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula (Ingrid Bergman) is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer). The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night and gaslights that dim without being touched. As she fights to retain her sanity, her new husband’s intentions come into question. • Picnic starts at…
The 1913 Floor and the Rebirth of the Riverfront
1913 Flood Victims Vintage Postcard of Floodwall Prior to Scioto Mile Scioto Mile 2021 From Devastation Rises the Phoenix How The 1913 Flood Led to Creation Of Columbus’ Stunning Riverfront Sunday, July 2pm – 3pm The Green Lawn Abbey Preservation Association is pleased to host this program on the 1913 Flood. This natural disaster wrought vast destruction upon our State Capitol, but from the destruction came a transformed city with a new architecturally stunning government complex at its core. Learn…
Jaws – Outdoor Movie
JAWS – Outdoor Movie When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an…
Strangers on a Train – Outdoor Movie
Strangers On A Train – Outdoor Movie In Alfred Hitchcock’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by his trampy wife’s refusal to finalize their divorce so he can wed senator’s daughter Anne (Ruth Roman). He strikes up a conversation with a stranger, Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy’s wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno’s father. Meanwhile, Guy is…
August 2021
Mystery Science Theater – Outdoor Movie
Mystery Science Theater – Outdoor Movie Forced by evil scientists to watch bad “B” movies until he breaks, a host and a bunch of captive robots comment on the films to keep sane. During each movie, the host and robots perform skits or songs, known as host segments, that are usually related to that episode’s film. • Picnic starts at 7:30 pm. Movie at dark (around 8:45- 9 pm) • Bring your chairs & blankets! • ‘It’s Just Simplie Delicious’…
Grease – Outdoor Movie
Outdoor Movie – Grease Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of “Grease,” the most successful movie musical of all time. A wholesome exchange student (Olivia Newton-John) and a leather-clad Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance, but will it cross clique lines? • Picnic starts at 7:30 pm. Movie at dark (around 8:45- 9 pm) • Bring your chairs & blankets! • ‘It’s…